How my latest youtube video got 8x more views than normal

Hey guys, a couple of weeks ago I uploaded a video to youtube and it got 8 times the usual viewership.

So I checked the analytics, and only 2.3% of that traffic came from my subscribers. Meaning all the extra traffic was from YouTube's algo showing the video to more people in the recommendations and "next video".

Why did youtube help me with this video but not others? I saw that the average watch time on this video was 4x longer than average also. So, I'm going to start using more open loops to get people watching and engaged longer.

I discussed with a friend who's making high 6 to low 7 figures a month online, he said yeah watch time is the #1 thing, the other is thumbnails. I'm trying very weird thumbnails now, that have nothing to do with the actual content of the video (pattern interrupt). That used to work for me great with FB ads before.

What are you doing to get more views on social and video platforms?

-Manny

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